Sakyong mipham biography

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Jampal Trinley Dradul (b. 1962) is the head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and Shambhala International, a worldwide network of urban Buddhist meditation centers, retreat centers, monasteries, a university, and other enterprises, founded by his father, the Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (XI Trungpa Tulku). Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is a high lama in the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. He is believed to be the second incarnation of Mipham the Great, who is revered in Tibet as an emanation of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom. "Rinpoche" is an honorific (meaning "precious one" in Tibetan) commonly afforded to Tibetan lamas.

Biography

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche was born Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo in 1962 in Bodhagaya, India. He spent his early years with his mother, Lady Kunchok Palden, in a Tibetan refugee village in northwest India, where he began his study of Buddhism. At the age of seven, he went to live with his father in the United Kingdom. His father moved to the United States in 1970, and Os

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is a dharma king and lineage holder of the Shambhala lineage, guiding thousands of students around the world on the path of meditation. With a unique blend of Eastern and Western perspectives, his teachings focus on living a courageous life based on wisdom, kindness and compassion. Using everyday life as a means to ripen this spiritual potential, his teachings help us practice turning the mind toward others as a discipline that creates confidence and compassion. Born in Bodh Gaya, India, in 1962, he is the eldest son of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Lady Könchok Palden. He is the incarnation of Mipham the Great, a renowned Nyingma scholar and meditation master. As part of the Mukpo clan of eastern Tibet, he is a descendant of the Tibetan warrior-king Gesar of Ling. The Sakyong is a husband and father of three daughters. An avid runner, he has completed nine marathons. He is the author of five books including the bestselling Turning the Mind Into an Ally, and The Lost Art of Good Conversation, coming October 17, 2017 from Harmony Books. Through the Sakyong Fo

Sakyong Mipham

Tibetan–American Buddhist teacher (born 1962)

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche

TitleSakyong
Born

Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo


November 1962, on the 15th day (Full moon) of the tenth lunar month

Bodh Gaya, India

NationalityTibetan–American
SpouseSemo Tseyang Palmo Mukpo, nee Ripa, Dechen Choying Sangmo
Children3 daughters: Jetsun Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo, Jetsun Yudra Lhamo Yangchen Ziji Mukpo, Jetsun Dzedrön Ökar Yangchen Ziji Mukpo
OccupationAuthor
ReligionShambhala Training
LineageSakyong Lineage, Kagyü and Nyingma
TeacherChögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Penor Rinpoche (Pema Norbu Rinpoche), Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche
ReincarnationMipham the Great

Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, Jampal Trinley Dradül, born Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo (November 1962), is a Tibetan Buddhist master and holder of the Sakyong Lineage of Mukpodong, his family lineage. The Sakyong was recognized by Penor Rinpoche in 1995 as the tülku (reincarnation) of Ju Mipham Gyatso, the renown Rimé teacher of the late 19th

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